TY  - JOUR
T1  - Improvement and Innovation in the Management of Change Orders
AU - Ahmed, Sonia AU - Dlask, Petr AU - Hassan, Bassam 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 19
SP  - 7975
EP  - 7979
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.7975.7979
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.7975.7979
KW  - Building
KW  -change order
KW  -improvement
KW  -innovation
KW  -management
KW  -project
AB  - Project changes affect the cost, scheduling and the duration of projects, both directly and indirectly.
Despite many studies and much discussion in practice and academic literature, there is a lack of information
about systematic approaches to manage project's changes. In this study researcher tried to find and
improvement a methodology to manage change order's effects andput it as a first point toward the innovation
in this field. She determined the causes of the most frequent changes in building projects in Syria, analysed
their impact on the indicators of the project (cost, time) then painted a flow chart for the implementation of
change orders in order to identify steps and control measures can implement, researcher also explained the
owner role in the improvement and innovation because of his role in the project and his big responsibility of
change order causes as shown in this study and put some suggestions and recommendations with aim of
improvement and innovation in this field.
ER  -